Terminal arrangement for voice coil motor

A voice coil motor, comprising

• a coil support,
• a coil wound on the coil support, and
• two opposing lower elastic plates disposed on an upper part of the coil support;
• the coil support being a sleeve, the coil support having
• an upper flange and
• a lower flange at upper and lower ends thereof, and
• a support body between the upper flange and the lower flange for the coil to be wound thereon,
• an outer edge of the upper flange having at least two opposing protrusions which are arranged radially,
• the coil having a head end and a tail end, the two lower elastic plates being respectively connected with the coil wound on the two protrusions by welding,
• wherein one of the protrusions is disposed in between two terminals on a side of the upper flange and extends radially out of the upper flange with a length L, and L runs parallel to the upper flange,
• wherein the head end of the coil is first wrapped around one of the protrusions in one or more loops for firm positioning the coil before the coil wound around the support body, and
• the tail end of the coil is wound around another of the protrusions disposed in opposition to the one protrusion wound with the head end.